A team led by Norbert Wu, an underwater photographer/cinematographer, travelled to McMurdo Station, Antarctica in 1997, 1999, and 2000, to photographically document its environment, conducting over 150 scuba dives under the ice. Norbert Wu and his team did its diving in the Antarctic spring season (largely October and November) before the Antarctic summer when plankton blooms reduce underwater visibility. Outcomes from Wu's efforts included a book entitled "Under Antarctic Ice," a PBS Nature documentary with same title, and articles in National Geographic and other magazines.